JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 蒼: "blue, pale"
The kanji 蒼 means "blue, pale". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and あお.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あお.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | blue, pale |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2276 of 2,501 |
Common words with 蒼
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 蒼白pale; pallid
- 鬱蒼thick; dense; luxuriant
- 顔面蒼白one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
- 蒼穹blue sky
- 蒼天blue sky; azure sky · spring sky
- 蒼空blue sky
- 古色蒼然antique-looking; looking hoary with patina
- 蒼生the masses; people
- 蒼々blue (sky, ocean, etc.) · fresh and green (of vegetation); verdant; lush
- 蒼然blue; bluish; dim
- 蒼竜blue dragon · Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 蒼茫vast and blue (e.g. ocean) · dusky; shadowy
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